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sbm
Helper II
5 years ago
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Export to Excel - Underlying Data

Hi All,

I'm exporting data using "underlying data" from a visual in Power BI Service which should remove the aggregation If a visual has aggregates but in my case, it exports only total to excel. can anyone help with it that why it's not exporting all the rows from underlying data?

 

Thank you,

 

Regard

SBM

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi sbm ,

     

    Based on your description, please refer to this link.

    It will only export the relevant underlying data to excel.

    My test:

    My table visual:

    Export to Excel:

     

    Or did you add any filters to this report?

     

    If none of the above suggestions solve the problem, it may be caused by transient service mental disorder syndrome. It is difficult (if not impossible) to troubleshoot. I have tried my best to troubleshoot it. So I suggest you file a support ticket here.

     

     

    Hope that's what you were looking for.

    Best Regards,

    Yuna

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    It helps me a lot. Thank You!

     

     

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Hi sbm ,

     

    Based on your description, can you give me more details?

     

    1. Did it occur to any files?

    2. Can you successfully export underlying data to excel using another account?

    3. I assume you already had a look at the Power BI Tenant settings for Export Data and Export to Excel?

    Also have a look at the limitations and considerations:

    Export using Underlying data won't work if:

     

    • the version is older than 2016.

    • the tables in the model don't have a unique key.

    • an administrator or report designer has disabled this feature.

     

    Hope that's what you were looking for.

    Best Regards,

    Yuna

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • sbm's avatar
      sbm
      Helper II

      Hi Anonymous 

       

      Thank you for your response to this. Here is the detail below.

       

       

      1. Did it occur to any files? - I tried it on two PBI report in service. I got the same issue that only able to export the total values not all the rows from underlying data. However, I am an admin to that workspace but not the Power BI Administrator. is this option disabled by default in the Power BI tenant setting and need to enable to use this feature?

       

      2. Can you successfully export underlying data to excel using another account? - no

      3. I assume you already had a look at the Power BI Tenant settings for Export Data and Export to Excel?. - I am not Power BI Administrator.

       

      Also have a look at the limitations and considerations:

      Export using Underlying data won't work if:

       

      • the version is older than 2016. not older than 2016

      • the tables in the model don't have a unique key. i- t has the unique key

      • an administrator or report designer has disabled this feature. - not sure

       

      Thank you,

      Regards

      SBM

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Hi sbm ,

     

    Have you selected the option "Allow users to export underlying data" as follows in Power BI Desktop?

     

    Best Regards,

    Yuna

     

    • sbm's avatar
      sbm
      Helper II

      Hi Anonymous , yes, I already have enabled this option, so that end users can export both summarized and underlying data.

      When I trying to export underlying data from a report based on a single table. It works fine but when I tried from the reports based on dim tables and facts table(Star Schema) with 1 to many relationships, it only exports the total values in an excel file. is there still anything, I'm missing in setups?

       

      Thanks again,

       

      Regards

      SBM

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Hi sbm ,

     

    Based on your description, please refer to this link.

    It will only export the relevant underlying data to excel.

    My test:

    My table visual:

    Export to Excel:

     

    Or did you add any filters to this report?

     

    If none of the above suggestions solve the problem, it may be caused by transient service mental disorder syndrome. It is difficult (if not impossible) to troubleshoot. I have tried my best to troubleshoot it. So I suggest you file a support ticket here.

     

     

    Hope that's what you were looking for.

    Best Regards,

    Yuna

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    It helps me a lot. Thank You!

     

     

    • sbm's avatar
      sbm
      Helper II

      okay Anonymous , I've already gone through all this information but thanks for sharing. I'll figure it out.